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Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M

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smp wrote:
> ...
> Lastly (for now), the screens I typed in, slavishly following the instructions, are screens
> 87 through 92.  Is this some sort of rule, or is it simply the model at the time?  On my
> system, I have 270K bytes on the floppy disk, and FIGFORTH.COM takes up about 7-8K bytes,
> leaving space for ~250 1K screens, so I'm not too worried at this point - but 87-92 sit
> somewhat smack in the middle of it...

The editor definitions may be stored on any free screens - they don't have to
appear at 87-92.  As I recall the only screens Fig-Forth reserved were those
containing the disk-based error messages (screens 4 and 5).  Screen 1 is
typically a load screen containing commands to load your application blocks.

After booting forth from CP/M you should remove the disk and insert a blank
formatted disk.  This will allow you to safely use the low numbered blocks.

Unless you have a specific interest in a native Fig-Forth system, it would be
easier using a forth which stores blocks as a CP/M file e.g. Albert's forth-nl,
Laxen/Perry F83 etc.  DX-Forth 1.0 has a full-screen editor, installer for
popular consoles, floating-point.

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FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-09 08:49 -0700
  Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-09 08:01 -1000
  Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-09 13:18 -0500
  Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-10 02:27 -0400
    Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-10 18:40 +0000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-10 16:22 -0500
        Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-11 01:08 +0000
  Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-07-10 16:38 +1000
    Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M vandys@vsta.org - 2012-07-10 16:43 +0000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-07-11 14:10 +1000
        Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M vandys@vsta.org - 2012-07-11 15:56 +0000
    Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-13 05:25 -0700
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2012-07-13 18:10 -0500
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-07-14 14:34 +1000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-14 11:13 +0000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 05:14 -0700
        Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-15 08:31 -1000
          Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 12:22 -0700
  Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 04:41 -0700
    Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-07-10 20:29 +0000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-10 21:20 +0000
      Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-07-11 14:10 +1000
        Re: FIG-Forth on CP/M smp <stephen.m.pereira.sr@gmail.com> - 2012-07-11 04:15 -0700

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